Category: UK – LGBTQ rights
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Trans Rights are Human Rights and The Role of Pride in Race Equality
The UK’s most prominent activists discuss cancel culture, transphobia, the importance of joint activism, feminism and white supremacy in pride.
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Home Office refused thousands of LGBTQ asylum claims, figures reveal
«culture of disbelief» excludes at least 3,100 nationals from countries outlawing same-sex acts.
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UK: Conservative Party scrapped Brunei-owned hotel event over anti-gay laws
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt called off the fundraiser for the governing Conservative Party after Brunei introduced the death penalty for gay sex among several harsh new sharia laws.
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Sultan of Brunei’s hotel besieged in protest at gay death penalty
Nearly 400 hundred people rallied outside the Dorchester Hotel in London on Saturday 6 April to protest against Brunei’s enactment of death by stoning for homosexuality, adultery and insulting the prophet Mohammad.
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Homophobic Muslim parents withdraw 600 kids from Parkfield School over LGBTQ row
Hundreds of pupils were taken out of classes as the row at Parkfield Community School escalates.
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Assistant head ‘threatened’ by parents in LGBTQ teaching row
A primary school teacher says he has received threats from parents amid protests over teachings about LGBTQ rights and homophobia.